Old School R&B Songs

Looking for a single excuse to groove? I'll give you countless. Some old school R&B songs listed below are what you need to let the music take over you...

Melodyful Staff

It's high time you buy a ticket to hysteria by lending an ear to the world's most influential Rhythm n' Blues artists who created some fantastic music, today remembered as old school R&B songs. While, Michael Jackson, the father-figure of R&B and Pop music, set the stage on fire with Black or White, music aficionados couldn't resist the magic created by Aaliyah too. With R&B pioneers such as R. Kelly, Marvin Gaye, and Bobby Brown, the world of music witnessed an unbelievable transformation. This was the time when the unadulterated R&B genre comprised a big fat clan of sounds, beats, attitudes, and not to forget, vocals.

Walking through the aisle of R&B songs may just leave you wordless with their musical substance and lyrical quality. What follows below is a concise list of some of the best feathers in old school R&B's hat, with due respect to the sub-genres, kicking your mood up a notch. I'm not much of a controversy lover, and hence, I must tell that the list is a random one, having nothing to do with the ranking. Scorn out the discrepancies, I plead.

Old School R&B Love Songs: Love, Back Then

Ain't no sunshine, when she's gone... I know not what this song has in it. Yeah, I do know it has it all. If you've given a watch to the famous Hugh Grant and American sweetheart Julia Roberts starrer, Notting Hill, this exquisite R&B number is not easy to ignore. Exemplifying love, illustrating separation, the best old school R&B love songs left us mesmerized with their music. Want proof? Here's it.

Then Came You - The Spinners

Lets Stay Together - Al Green

I'd Rather Be With You - Bootsy Collins

Feel Like Makin' Love - Gladys Knight & The Pips

Endless Love - Lionel Richie and Diana Ross

Purple Rain - Prince

The One I Gave My Heart To - Aaliyah

Ain't no Sunshine - Bill Withers

Shining Star - The Manhattans

Woman - Toni Braxton

Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley

I Keep Forgetting - Michael McDonald

Genius of Love -Tom Tom Club

Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake) - Freddie Jackson

Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson

A handsome guy, humming the best love songs with a guitar in hand, with eyes right on me... Ah! I'm apologetic for getting swayed away! Well, chuck love. R&B soars high when it comes to wedding numbers. Wanna know what they are? You must have heard of many, if you aren't fond of missing weddings.

Old School R&B Wedding Songs: A Walk Through the Aisle

Nothing better than walking the aisle with the love of your life, when a thousand eyes are on you, and music, that's nothing but appeasing. Apt for the moment, for that first dance. Sultry lyrics make you calm, soft beats make you swivel with joy - don't you just love music?

Baby, Come to Me - James Ingram and Patti Austin

Every Beat of My Heart - Brian McKnight

You're All I Need to Get By - Marvin Gate and Tammi Terrel

Make it Last Forever - Keith Sweat

Forever My Lady - Jodeci

Spend My Life With You - Eric Benet and Tamia

Always and Forever - Heat Wave

Caught Up in the Rapture - Anita Baker

For You I Will - Monica

Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston

The Sweetest Thing- Lauren Hill

With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston and Syreeta

The Lady in My Life - Michael Jackson

... all you need to set a sensuous vibe at the wedding. These old school 90's R&B songs have smooth base lines for you to tap your feet with your better half. For now, stop hallucinating, and check out the last section!

Best Old School R&B Songs Ever: A Sum-Up of the Genre

I don't believe in jotting down a plethora of musical numbers, thus, befuddling you even more. Perhaps, that's the reason I didn't mention a glutted list with the miscellany of artists hitting hard on your sanity. Instead, I preferred narrowing down the list of songs, making it easier for me to write, and for the readers to go through. So, how do we make a concise list of the top R&B songs? Not all songs make it to the chartbusters list, do they? So, here's my own listography of the best old school R&Bs, that I can listen to, regardless of the time and place. With or without a reason.

Heart Breaker - Mariah Carey

Maybellene - Chuck Berry

Bump n' Grind - R. Kelly

Do Me Right - Guy

I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers

Fantasy - Mariah Carey

Don't Walk Away - Jade

Hold On - En Vogue

Black or White - Michael Jackson

This is How We Do it - Montell Jordan

Humpin' Around - Bobby Brown

What'd I Say - Ray Charles

All Night Long - Lionel Richie

Are You That Somebody - Aaliyah

Don't Wanna Change the World - Phyllis Hyman

Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye

Any Time, Any Place - Janet Jackson

How Deep is Your Love - Dru Hill

... and there I summed it up. I know it might not be your puh-fect playlist of the best old school R&B songs, and you're going to come up with your own list of favorites. But then, my purpose is solved. I mean, that's how soul music is celebrated, isn't it? Something from your kitty, something from mine. Let R&B music rise and shine. Gimme some vodka, gimme some wine. Lord, there couldn't be a more pathetic line (I'm sorry for this horrible piece of poetry!). I think, with that, I'll conclude.